fa Analyzing the Position of Safety Culture Education in 2019-2020 Elementary School Textbooks in Iran's Education System شیوه های نوین آموزشی در مدیریت حوادث وسوانح New educational methods in the management of crisis and disasters پژوهشي Research article <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> The natural hazard reduction curriculum is incredibly critical in facilitating and improving students&#39; safety culture. Thus, we must attend to the content of textbooks to further comprehend the significance of safety issues regarding the process of student safety. The next step is developing a training program that meets all the fundamental needs of safety education. Hence, this research study strives to evaluate the position of safety culture education in elementary school textbooks<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>METHODS:</strong> This research is a quantitative content analysis borrowing a qualitative approach. The statistical population comprised all books on Persian language and literature, experimental sciences, and social studies in all the six primary levels. Counting was the sampling method in the present study. Experts in curriculum planning and health education confirmed the validity of this research. Moreover, the Scott test obtained a reliability of 0.72<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The findings of content analysis in assessing elementary school textbooks based on the Shannon Entropy method indicated that the following indices have the highest frequency and significance<span dir="RTL">:</span> Risk and disaster awareness in 150 samples (W_j = 0.273<span dir="RTL">(</span>, Communication skills, awareness of the environment, and human-environmental interactions with 46 samples (W_j = 0.0666<span dir="RTL">(</span>, On the contrary, the index of child rights aspects with zero cases (W_j = 0) was the least significant among the indices and components<span dir="RTL">.</span>Findings from the frequency of components revealed that safety culture components were not normally distributed<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> According to the research findings, we found out that the components in the fields of skill and attitude have received little to no attention. However, nurturing and promoting the capabilities and skills of children in the field of safety are some of the most vital indices of child safety. Contemplating these aspects will assist in properly performing relief, emergency, and law enforcement missions by preventing disasters<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>Keywords:</strong> Content Analysis; Presumptions of Natural Hazard Reduction; Red Crescent Society; Safety Culture Education; Shannon Entropy.<span dir="LTR"><span style="color:black;"></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> The natural hazard reduction curriculum is incredibly critical in facilitating and improving students&#39; safety culture. Thus, we must attend to the content of textbooks to further comprehend the significance of safety issues regarding the process of student safety. The next step is developing a training program that meets all the fundamental needs of safety education. Hence, this research study strives to evaluate the position of safety culture education in elementary school textbooks<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>METHODS:</strong> This research is a quantitative content analysis borrowing a qualitative approach. The statistical population comprised all books on Persian language and literature, experimental sciences, and social studies in all the six primary levels. Counting was the sampling method in the present study. Experts in curriculum planning and health education confirmed the validity of this research. Moreover, the Scott test obtained a reliability of 0.72<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The findings of content analysis in assessing elementary school textbooks based on the Shannon Entropy method indicated that the following indices have the highest frequency and significance<span dir="RTL">:</span> Risk and disaster awareness in 150 samples (W_j = 0.273<span dir="RTL">(</span>, Communication skills, awareness of the environment, and human-environmental interactions with 46 samples (W_j = 0.0666<span dir="RTL">(</span>, On the contrary, the index of child rights aspects with zero cases (W_j = 0) was the least significant among the indices and components<span dir="RTL">.</span>Findings from the frequency of components revealed that safety culture components were not normally distributed<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> According to the research findings, we found out that the components in the fields of skill and attitude have received little to no attention. However, nurturing and promoting the capabilities and skills of children in the field of safety are some of the most vital indices of child safety. Contemplating these aspects will assist in properly performing relief, emergency, and law enforcement missions by preventing disasters<span dir="RTL">.</span><br> <strong>Keywords:</strong> Content Analysis; Presumptions of Natural Hazard Reduction; Red Crescent Society; Safety Culture Education; Shannon Entropy.<span dir="LTR"></span></div> Content Analysis, Presumptions of Natural Hazard Reduction, Red Crescent Society, Safety Culture Education, Shannon Entropy. Content Analysis, Presumptions of Natural Hazard Reduction, Red Crescent Society, Safety Culture Education, Shannon Entropy. 149 159 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-612-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mojtaba Sarhangi Kadijani مجتبی سرهنگی کادیجانی mojtaba_sarhangi@yahoo.com 10031947532846009412 10031947532846009412 No Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Curriculum Planning Department, Islamshahr, Iran دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر، گروه برنامه‌ریزی درسی، اسلامشهر، ایران Alireza Araghieh علیرضا عراقیه araghieh@iiau.ac.ir 10031947532846009413 10031947532846009413 Yes Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Department of Curriculum Planning, Islamshahr, Iran دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر، گروه برنامه‌ریزی درسی، اسلامشهر، ایران Pari Sosahabi پری سوسهابی Pari_sousahabi@yahoo.com 10031947532846009414 10031947532846009414 No Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Department of Philosophy, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر، گروه برنامه‌ریزی درسی، اسلامشهر، ایران Alireza Sadeghi علیرضا صادقی sadeghi.edu@gmail.com 10031947532846009415 10031947532846009415 No Allameh Tabataba'i University, Department of Curriculum Planning, Tehran, Iran دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی،گروه برنامه‌ریزی درسی، تهران، ایران Amir Hossein Mahdizadeh امیرحسین مهدیزاده Amir.hMehdizadeh@yahoo.com 10031947532846009416 10031947532846009416 No Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Curriculum Planning Department, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر، گروه برنامه‌ریزی درسی، اسلامشهر، ایران